#zec The Illusion of Getting Rich in the Cryptocurrency World: How Do the Cut Victims Rebirth?
At three in the morning, the numbers on my phone screen showing my account balance at zero felt like a burning knife, stabbing my throat.
This is the third time this month that I've been liquidated; 320,000 in principal has turned to ash amid the violent fluctuations of Ethereum, and the remaining 0.02 Bitcoin in my cold wallet seems to mock my foolishness in its ghostly glow.
I curled up in front of a second-hand computer to review my trades and found that I had fallen into the traps set by the market makers: leverage always maxed out before market reversals, and altcoins were always washed out before soaring.
Once, while chasing the rise of Dogecoin, I saw negative news and closed my position, only for the candlestick to surge 47% in an instant.
Thirty-seven consecutive days of losses have made me see the brutality of the cryptocurrency world: it operates day and night, preying on those who lose control of their emotions.
To pay off my debts, I endured nine months in an electronics factory, studying on-chain data using outdated phones.
In the winter of 2021, I seized an anomaly in the stablecoin exchange pool, mortgaging my last 5,000 USDT to buy ZEC, which surged 380% against the trend three months later.
Now I manage a crypto fund, with key charts hanging in the office. Before the LUNA crash last year, I withdrew my investments in time.
The market rewards those who turn pain into armor; remember, behind getting rich is the unwavering self that never gives up, and one must build a cognitive moat amid the fluctuations.
